Blimpie
Columbus Ohio 43227
U.S.A.
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Blimpie Subs Tom Lamers Con Artist working for Blimpie Incorporated!!! Columbus, Ohio
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1Consumer
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Tom Lamers is working for Blimpie Subs and Salads in Columbus, Ohio and has successfully ripped off my sister and me. He sold us a Blimpie franchise already established in a strong neigborhood!
He provided us with phony, made-up financial records in order to expedite its sale. We were told that it grossed in its bad months $2800 per month! He showed us receipts for food costs, utility bills, water bills, etc. He showed us deposit tickets for the past year and for some reason as soon as the paper work was signed and our loan check cashed by him and the Blimpie Corporation, the customers were no where to be found! In fact I believe 100% that every customer in there was staged whenever I went in.
This man and the Blimpie Corporation do not return calls, letters, or emails! My money is gone and I have declared bankruptcy. He knew that this was my retirment plan and that my sister and I needed it. The support that Tom Lamers and the Blimpie corporation claim to give will NOT be there if you make the unfortunate decision to purchase a franchise from them. They are liars and cheats. I am losing my house over this deal.
How can no customers come in after the paperwork is signed? NONE! The paperwork is made up, the title search was clear. Tom Lamers got to keep $50,000.00 of the sale and owns two more in Columbus! He is always unavailable. I heard that there were two other potential bidders on that franchise location if you are out there please respond to this email with whatever knowledge you have.
Maxine
Columbus, Ohio
U.S.A.
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#1 Consumer Comment
AUTHOR: Peter - Columbus (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Thursday, March 04, 2004
POSTED: Friday, March 05, 2004
Hello, everything above is exactly as it happened with me. It was always busy when I went in and he [Tom Lamers]produced "questionable" books for me and my wife. He was vague in his answers to our questions and always seemed rushed. He never returned our phone calls after we had our attorney contact him about the previous four years tax and PnL (Profit & Loss records for the quarters)records. The Bank we were with Bank One were curious about an apparent six months missing from his records! We did a title search and it came up clear, the ONLY REASON we didn't buy it is because my wife said she had a real uneasy feeling about Tom Lamers when she first met him. I didn't want to listen to her and now I'm thanking God I did. She apparently had a sixth sense about his lying, cheating, and stealing ways and we walked away from it. We put our money into a 4-bedroom apartment building instead. This joker also repeatedly brought up how he was a Harvard graduate. He in reality was a pompous ass! I cannot believe he got away with duping someone else. I informed the Better Business Bureau about him and even wrote a letter to the attorney general's office. Obviously it didn't prevent it from happening to you. If you decide to sue him please contact me as I would be happy to be a witness. It did fold up shortly after 'new management' and we were surprised. I'm sorry it happened to you. A word to the wise out there - a franchise is only as good as the honesty of the people behind it, the name means nothing! Blimpie is a crooked corporation based in Georgia and when we contacted them to report Tom Lamers - they told us he was a big earner in Columbus and didn't really care how he handled business. Apparently he is in charge of twenty-some Blimpie stores in Ohio. I guess they like having their lying, coniving, tax cheat working for them. Screw Blimpie - it's an ugly thing.
Pete.
